Good Quality, Great Price, Accurate IL-8 Readings

University of Kentucky
Toxicology
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Company:

BioLegend

Product Name:

Human IL-8 ELISA MAX™ Standard

Catalog Number:

431502

Measurement of IL-8 in media supernatant is a commonly used technique in immunology labs. It is secreted by a wide variety of cells, and can be utilized as a control to measure the cell's response to various stimuli. ELISA kits can be expensive, but this option from BioLegend offers the best of both worlds: high quality kit, and very reasonable pricing!

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

ELISA

Starting Material

Media supernatant

Protocol Overview

The capture antibody is added to the wells overnight, then non-specific binding is blocked before you add the samples and standards. A detection step follows, and measurement is carried out on a plate reader. Overall, it takes a whole day, but with long breaks in between!

Tips

Washing steps are critical!

Results Summary

The standard (provided) produces excellent data, which gives you confidence in the results you get from your samples. The sensitivity is excellent (15.6-1000pg/ml).

Additional Notes

All ancillary reagents can be made in house. No need to buy any extra stuff!

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Summary

The Good

Sensitive. Cheap

The Bad

Data reduction needed

The Bottom Line

If you do a lot of IL-8 ELISA, this kit will give you good data without breaking the bank!

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